In the early 13th century, Hazrat Amir Khusrau the legendary poet, composer, inventor, linguist, historian and scholar, wrote Qissa-ye Chahār Darvēsh (The Tale of Four Dervishes), known as Bāgh-o ...

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz presses a button on his 1970 Sharp cassette player, and with a hefty clack the machine whirrs to life. As the Kashmiri tailor stitches, the machine ...

cassette players have carried the soul-stirring poetry of Sufi saints and the mystical melodies of Kashmiri instruments like the sarangi and santoor, and it’s long been a local ritual for ...

For these mystics, humanity transcended formal rituals and rites. From Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai to Sachal Sarmast and from Sakhi Badshah to Sufi Shah Inayat, the message was clear: love for humanity.

Peerzada Arshad Faridi is set to become the 17th ‘Sajjada Nashin’ of the Sheikh Salim Chishti Dargah in Fatehpur Sikri here. ‘Dastarbandi’ (ceremony of tying turban), a ritual signifying the transfer ...